An illustration depicting the formation of TTGs in a two-stage mantle plume-sagduction model.Image credit: Adapted from Zhao, ...

The ancient history of Earth has always been hard to read. Most of the planet’s earliest crust has been lost, buried, or ...

Some ancient sites defy explanation,built with such precision, scale, or purpose that even modern science struggles to understand them. In this video, we journey across continents to explore the world ...

The molten rock was hot enough to melt the surrounding rocks and release massive amounts of carbon dioxide into Earth's ...

Beneath Ethiopia, the Earth’s mantle is pulsing like a slow, steady heartbeat, slowly tearing Africa apart and laying the ...

Scientists agreed the rocky outcrops in a remote part of Quebec, Canada, were ancient. But were they really Earth’s oldest?

Scientists found a rhythmic mantle plume beneath Ethiopia is slowly tearing Africa apart - hinting at the birth of a new ...

Canadian scientists found the oldest known rocks on Earth - dating back 4.16 billion years - shedding light on our planet’s ...

Gray rocks uncovered in northern Nunavik, Quebec, Canada may be the ultimate primordial find. The stones date back 4.16 ...

Beneath the ocean surface, a global mission is underway that could reshape our understanding of our planet. Inspired by Sir ...

Geologic records reveal that magnetic field strength and oxygen levels rise and fall together, implying deep-Earth processes ...

If the new age of these Canadian rocks is solid, they would be the first and only ones known to have survived Earth’s earliest, tumultuous time.